Chapter Twenty-Six: Uncle Nineteen
Lin Yi raised her head and only looked at Mrs. Chen, "Grandmother, what's wrong with my father?" ”
Tian didn't expect Lin Yi to ask the third uncle when he opened his mouth. Even the old lady Zheng next to her was a little surprised, she thought that Miss Chen Liu would complain about the arrogance of the young lady of the imperial historian when she opened her mouth.
This question embarrassed Mrs. Chen, and Mrs. Chen finally sighed and looked at the county lord Huihe next to her.
"Why did Goshi impeach my father? I heard that only for official dereliction of duty and corruption will be impeached by the imperial history, and our whole family will really be sent to Ningguta? Lin Yi's eyes softened, revealing a look of fear.
Everyone in the room widened their eyes in surprise.
"Who said that?" Old Lady Chen's face turned blue and raised her voice.
Old Madam Zheng sank her face, she was scared like this just because she came to be a guest, even if there was any wind and grass outside, it would not be the turn of a young lady in the house to threaten everywhere. The young lady of Gyeonggi has been nurturing her grandmother since she was a child, and she will not be unaware of these rules, and it is no one to be so presumptuous. The second child still has the heart to choose Miss Haiqi as his daughter-in-law, and now it seems that they can't afford such a daughter-in-law.
"Who else could there be," Miss Zheng Qi walked a few steps and snuggled up to the county lord of Huihe, "Naturally, it was said by the two young ladies of the imperial historians." ”
Lin Yi didn't seem to have the intention of blaming the two young ladies of the imperial historian, but she was worried about her father, "Uncle Grandmother, my father has to take the people from the Yamen out to relieve disasters every year in Haining, and my father will not come back until the water recedes, and our brother and sister and mother are at home for fear that our father will make a mistake." Once, there was water in front of our house, and it was my mother and domestic servants who took our brothers and sisters to relocate to avoid the disaster, so our family rarely bought things over the years," Lin Yi looked at Tian's family, "The second aunt knows that when we entered Beijing, there were only a few boxes, and that was all the soft over the years." ”
After all, Tian is not a bodhisattva with a mud fetus, and he can't pretend to be deaf and dumb when he should speak, let alone be bitter.
"Not really." Tian sighed with pity.
Tian naturally stood on Lin Yi's side.
"My father still has incurable leg diseases, all of which are caused by festering in water for many years." His father's illness was never told to outsiders, let alone Xiao Shi, although he had backbone, he inevitably suffered in the officialdom.
Chen Yunyuan's illness Mrs. Chen also heard about it for the first time, everyone looked at each other, and they all knew that there were often floods in Fujian, but they didn't know that the officials in Fujian were so difficult.
After Lin Yi finished speaking, Mrs. Zheng asked Miss Zheng Qi to accompany her to the garden, and Miss Zheng Qi was naturally happy and happily took Lin Yi's hand.
Lin Fang didn't want to be separated from the Tian family for a single step, so she stayed in the house.
Tian helped Mrs. Chen up, Mrs. Chen's body moved and coughed a few times, Huihe County Master stepped forward to serve, Mrs. Chen shook her head, "No...... It's okay...... It's an old problem. ”
"How can you do this, even if you have to take care of your family, you can't work too hard," Old Madam Zheng sighed, "In the past, your body was the best, but you have been exhausted all these years." ”
She won't be exhausted by those things in the house, it's just sad to see Yunli gone, the only sustenance around her is gone, her heart is like a pile of burned ashes, and she doesn't care about the illness on her body, just waiting for the day when the oil runs out and the lamp will dry, she can be considered completely relieved.
"Just now, the imperial doctor said that the old lady's disease is not incurable, but it takes some effort to recuperate carefully." The county lord of Huihe said, "Why don't I come forward and ask Imperial Doctor Chen to ......?"
Mrs. Chen smiled: "I'm just an old woman, how dare I be so troublesome, the county lord doesn't have to take it to heart." ”
At this point, Lord Huihe is not easy to persuade deeply.
Old Madam Zheng said: "Okay, you go out, and our two old sisters will talk again." ”
The county lord of Huihe responded, and another voice came from outside saying that the old man in the front yard had come to visit the two old ladies.
Old Madam Zheng smiled when she heard this, "Let them be busy with them, our two old bones are all fine, why bother to stir up the crowd like this." ”
Only then did the county lord Huihe take the Tian family out.
Tian stepped out of the inner room, only to hear Mrs. Chen say: "Old sister, listen, how difficult it is for the third family, if my son is here, he will definitely try his best to help his younger brother, but it's a pity that now I am left with this old life......"
Old Madam Zheng said, "Don't worry...... This thing ......"
The voice faded and Tian could no longer hear it.
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Lin Yi and Miss Zheng Qi walked on the bluestone road in the backyard. The Zheng family surrounded the lotus pond with rockery and made a flowing living water named Lotus Yetian, Miss Zheng Qi is a warm personality, and felt that this scenery was good, so she deliberately brought Lin Yi to relax.
Lin Yi lowered her head, and a pool of clear water was like a curtain, covering the shadows of her and Miss Zheng Qi. Miss Zheng Qi asked for fish food and asked Lin Yi to feed the waterfowl together, Lin Yi stretched out her hand and pinched a handful and sprinkled it, and the fish tossed and grabbed food.
Mrs. Zheng's main house caught fire, although it made the Zheng family's trip smoother, but the result was not necessarily as good as she thought.
After all, she is young, and she doesn't know much about the affairs of the court, so all she can do is tell the truth in front of the county lord of Huihe, and she can't say that the Zheng family can help in the relationship with the old lady of the long house.
She wasn't sure how sure she was.
In the pavilion, she stepped forward to argue with Miss Haiqi, just to expand this conflict as much as possible, just to let people know that the family members of the imperial history were arrogant and domineering. The imperial history is a speech official, and the speech official is famous, so he can't say that he will take care of some things about impeaching his father and let it go. After all, the impeachment has not yet been handed over, and now it is known to everyone.
As long as he has time, my father can think of other ways.
She did her best to do everything she had to do, and she might as well put down the rest.
Lin Yi's eyes were calm, but Miss Zheng Qi was worried, more concerned than her own affairs, "Sister will come to my house more often when she is free." ”
Lin Yi smiled and turned her head to look at Miss Zheng Qi, "My sister will also go to me when she is free, I also brought a lot of fun from Funing, and I will send some to my sister another day." ”
When it came to playing, Miss Zheng Qi's eyes lit up, "Okay." He also talked to Lin Yi about various boudoir games in Kyoto. Speaking of catching earthworms and fishing in the house, Miss Zheng Qi almost asked people to bring fishing rods.
Lin Yi looked at the koi in the pond, and she had to put it back if she caught it, or ...... Forget it, so she hurriedly interrupted Miss Zheng Qi's words and told Miss Zheng Qi how she and her brother followed their father to catch fish in the creek when they were children, but the two of them got muddy and only brought back a few small fish and shrimp, and Xiao nagged his father for several days.
Miss Zheng Qi rarely goes out, even if she is a guest, she is just from this house's inner house to that family's inner house, where have she heard this, and she suddenly envied Lin Yilai.
The two of them talked about whipping tops again, and Miss Zheng Qi thought that there was a new color in her house, so she told her mother-in-law to bring it to Lin Yi.
When the mother-in-law turned around and left, Miss Zheng Qi pulled Lin Yi up, "I thought of someone who might be able to help you." ”
Miss Zheng Qi took Lin Yi in front, and the two maids followed closely behind.
Lin Yi said: "Where are you going?" ”
"Don't worry," Miss Zheng Qi said heartily, "Just follow me, but it may not be possible to meet me." ”
Who is Miss Zheng Qi going to?
Along the edge of the lake, I went to the promenade, walked through the carved shadow wall, and arrived at a small courtyard with a green wall, like a study in the inner courtyard.
Before Lin Yi crossed the threshold and didn't have time to look up, she heard Miss Zheng Qi say happily: "Uncle Nineteen, I know you must be here." ”
Under the plane tree, poppies bloom all over the place, the hazy flower shadows in the lush greenery, swaying quietly with the wind, the red flowers stretch bright and enchanting, but there is white like the pear blossom white scattered all over the sky, mixed together can not distinguish which kind of long and which kind of thrilling. The man sitting at the stone table raised his long eyes, his gaze was clear and distant, and the quiet smile on his face was obviously light but incomprehensible.
Lin Yi was startled, and hurriedly lowered her head and was about to withdraw.
Miss Zheng Qi grabbed Lin Yi, "What are you afraid of, there are people following, and besides, we are not a foreign man." Whoever dares to chew the root of his tongue will leave after asking about your father. ”
Although she promised not to leave, Lin Yi refused to get too close, but Miss Zheng Qi didn't have to worry about this, and asked Lin Yi directly.
Lin Yi listened to a warm and clear voice, like a tactful alto tune on the long piano, "Your father is Chen Yunyuan, Zhizhou of Funing?" ”
Lin Yi nodded, "Yes." "Uncle Nineteen should be an official in the court, otherwise he wouldn't know so clearly. The father was an official from the fifth grade, and there were many officials from the fifth rank in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the person who could be named must be a person in the yamen.
Miss Zheng Qi was a little anxious, "Uncle Nineteen, think about whether there is a way, otherwise Miss Chen Liu's father will be impeached by the imperial history." ”
"Now even if the county lord is willing to help, it may not be too late, as long as the imperial history is sparse, someone will inevitably find out."
In other words, someone has already arranged everything, just waiting for the imperial court to send someone to verify. Lin Yi raised her head when she heard this, "In this way, there is no way?" ”
The man closed the book in his hand and looked at Lin Yi with clear eyes, "Do you know that there is a Furong Pavilion at the mouth of Hulu Hutong on East Street?" ”
Hibiscus Court? Sound......
Miss Zheng Qi said: "I've heard that it sells rouge gouache. ”
The man smiled slightly, "Do you often go out and walk around in Funing?" ”
was asking if she would go to her father's colleague's house as a guest, Lin Yi said, "Mother also took me to be a guest," Speaking of this, Lin Yi raised her eyes in surprise, could it be that he was right......
It's smart, exactly what he thinks.
"That's it."
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Write and write,,, I'm working hard to write, mainly because I have to change the old article for publication, so it's relatively slow, and I should be able to finish it tomorrow.